Tension can persist in the absence of ghosts; students coming back from the dead easily and without any paranormal baggage would still have to negotiate the public response to their reduction of death to a token amusement.

Norman’s ability to interact with the paranormal world has made him the school outcast; even his family isn’t keen on his gift (Anna Kendrick is hilarious as Norman’s eye-rolling, sighing teenage sister).

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